Welcome to Competitions

The Craft Guild of Chefs is proud to celebrate with them.

Here you will find everything you need to know about the various culinary competitions that take place throughout the year - everything from the flagship National Chef of the Year contest through to the specialist Tilda Chef of the Year Competition.

This section will reveal where each is taking place, how you can get involved and those all important winners and runners up.

 

Current competitions:

Previous competitions:

Latest Competition News

23rd Apr 2024

Stories from the Graduate Awards with Beth Disley-Jones

By: Edward Waddell
From working abroad to growing in confidence, this event has given her so many opportunities since she passed the exam. We have spoken to her so she can share some words of wisdom with other young

More Competitions News

10th Jul 2023
Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2023/24 opens for entries
Run in collaboration with the Craft Guild of Chefs, who provide competition-standard judging and vital feedback to the...
04th Jul 2023
UK Restaurant Team of the Year reveals winner
The winning team consisted of Olivia James, Amy Phillips and Luke Smith who created and served a Nordic themed menu with...
03rd Jul 2023
Nestlé Professional announces winners of 35th Toque d’Or competition
The Grand Finals consisted of four days of sustainability-inspired challenges, which gave the 12 finalists the opportunity to...
29th Jun 2023
Craft Guild of Chefs reveals NCOTY semi-finalists after ‘exceptional’ standard of entries
Throughout the day, competitors have been nervously awaiting a courier delivery with a Continental Chef Supplies (CCS) jacket...
26th Jun 2023
Craft Guild of Chefs takes a dozen chefs through to Graduate Awards final exam
In the Kitchen heats, the chefs had to complete a paper exam where the questions related to both classical and modern cookery...
12th Jun 2023
Craft Guild of Chefs starts search for next Young National Chef of the Year
Candidates are required to create a starter dish using fresh Norwegian cod that is suitably garnished and served. Lisa wants...
09th Jun 2023
British Culinary Championships unveils results
Awards were made to the standard achieved. Where a standard is not reached, no award will be made. The awards include: Gold...
01st Jun 2023
Young Pastry Chef of the Year competition announces winner
The eight finalists were tasked with preparing and presenting their dishes within a four hour timescale. The finalists...
22nd May 2023
Toque d’Or reveals finalists as grand prize awaits winners
The 48 students who competed at the heats enjoyed a ‘learning experience of a lifetime’. Back of house students were tasked...
18th May 2023
UK’s John Cudmore wins Aramark International Chefs’ Cup 2023
The annual culinary competition, which recognises the ‘exceptional gastronomic talent’ within Aramark from across the globe...